by admin | Oct 30, 2013 | Section Three
While studying the gift of contributing I came across something in 1 Thessalonians that troubled me. I had to look into it further. The translation—although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you[1]—seemed...
by admin | Oct 27, 2013 | Condemnation or Judgment?, Section Three
I am no more accustomed to taking Jesus’ criteria of judgment between the sheep and the goats in Matthew 25 literally than anyone else socialized into my religion. My first doubt appeared in the form of a “rational” conclusion: “Then it would make more sense to...
by admin | Oct 11, 2013 | Chapter 12, Gifts of the Spirit, Romans, Section Three
If [the gift] is contributing (μεταδιδοὺς, a form of μεταδίδωμι),[1] Paul continued to list the different gifts (χαρίσματα, a form of χάρισμα) we have according to the grace given to us,[2] he must do so with sincerity (ἁπλότητι, a form of ἁπλότης).[3] In the...
by admin | Oct 3, 2013 | Condemnation or Judgment?, Section Three
I received the following question in a personal email: John 5: 28 and 29 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out — Those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done...
by admin | Sep 17, 2013 | Exodus, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
When he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became extremely angry. He threw the tablets [of the law] from his hands and broke them to pieces at the bottom of the mountain.1 Moses saw that the people were running wild, for Aaron had let them...